Tyrese Haliburton Was Shocked Detroit Pistons Passed On Him For Killian Hayes…
Another Detroit Pistons Miss and another Detroit Pistons could have been Tyrese howburn speaks on the possibility of him getting drafted by the Detroit Pistons a few years ago in 2020 we’ll talk about that in our thoughts on what he had to say in today’s episode of the lockdown Pistons
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Fanduel.com lockon to get started today I I’m I’m tiptoeing in very dangerous Waters here and you know I I debated about whether talking about this or not but it’s Allstar break still and there hasn’t been much going on and this is probably the Talk of the Town right now in the
Pistons Community we’re going to talk about tyres Hal bur’s comments over the week about the Pistons passing them up we’ll go later on we’ll talk about Monty and Troy Weaver are they on the clock um and then also a certain somebody in the NBA that has the chance to do the
Funniest thing possible and really hurt the Pistons uh we’ll talk about that a little later as well but obviously first let’s talk about tyres hurn and I’m sure a lot of Pistons fans actually not a lot I’m sure 99.99999% of Pistons fans wish that the reason why I’d be talking by Tyrese
Halber on this podcast is because the Detroit Pistons drafted him at number seven in 2020 and as we all know that is not how it turned out the Pistons passed up on him Killian Hayes and tyus hurn slid on a little a few more spots down
To 12 to go to the Indiana Pac or not Indiana Pacers the uh Sacramento Kings I’m sorry so hurn over the week he he made the allar game obviously uh it was in Indiana and he was being interviewed and he was asked about the 2020 draft and
Asked about you know being passed up on by all these teams and he talked about how he he told certain teams didn’t want to go there and not to draft them and he didn’t want to go to the team with a point guard already and all that stuff
But he said when when the Pistons were coming up he knew that they needed a point guard and he thought for sure that he was going to Detroit and that when the name Killian Hayes came up on the screen he said quote what and was completely shocked and he said that he
Thought it he took it personally that they did not draft him over Killian Hayes now four years later it’s quite obvious that the Detroit Pistons took a really really bad swing and really missed on that pick um what I will say for the Pistons and something that you can say for every draft
Really the the some people don’t like hearing this but the draft is a crapshoot there’s a lot of misses and there’s a lot of hits now I know some people feel like well the the draft’s not a crapshoot if you do your homework um I feel like you could
Do your homework and still miss some guys are great prospects and don’t become great players like there’s so many things that happen that that help a player develop that that causes a player to go from just a really good Prospect to really a good player that we don’t
See that none of us will ever get to see or find out out about a lot of that happens behind closed doors a lot of that happens um in in areas where the public doesn’t get to find out or see so there’s a lot of stuff that happens and
Your homework could be great your homework you could do you could do a great job with with you know with your pre-draft process and sometimes it doesn’t work out um and that’s one of the main things with this last two years the last two years being the first two
Years I really have gotten into draft stuff talking to a bunch of people who who do this you know do scouting and do draft stuff as part of their careers one of the main things I get told repeatedly is that look you’re going to have misses
People are going to miss GMS are going to miss people are going to miss like it’s going to happen what you want to make sure happens is that you feel comfortable with your pre-draft process if you feel like you went through the process correctly and the way you you
You analyzed each Prospect if you feel like you did it in the best way possible however the chips lay it is what it is whatever ends up happening a lot of it’s out of your control as long as you feel like you did the right process it is
What it is so I say that to say this looking back at it now it’s very easy to say that tyes hurn should have been a pick and I know there’s a few people out there in the Pistons Community who did want tyres Halburn to
Be the pick at the time and for those people you can take Victory laps all you want 100% I know I would if I picked a guy if I wanted the Pistons to draft a guy and they didn’t and that guy wanted them to draft turned out to be a monster
I 100% would be taking Victory last so for those of you out there who did want Hal bur at the time you 100% should be taking Victory laps however that’s not how it went people are lying about how this went Killian Hayes at the time of that draft was by far the Pistons
Darling Pistons fans wanted him I’m happy that Amari sanova the Detro Detroit Free Press tweeted out this saying hey man some of y’all are lying on here and he tweeted out a poll from back in 2020 and it was a poll asking hey the pist is on the board they’re
Taking a point guard lamelo’s gone who is your pick and it has tyus hurn Killian Hayes and Kyle Lewis on this on this poll 70% of Pistons fans pick Killian Hayes at the time of the draft Killian Hayes was a highly thought of prospect everyone knows that he was
Number one in the ringer um MRA which obviously is a huge Miss but even on E screenshotted the NBA.com a mock draft and they had kilan Hayes going seven to the Pistons and then they had other places that had him going in the top seven and there was about four or five
Other places as well well-respected places that had him going in the top seven I say all that to say this tyres Halburn obviously is the was the right pick and this is going to be when we get into the second segment it this pick this Miss of a pick may end
Up dooming Troy Weaver’s time with the Pistons now I think Troy Weaver has done other things that is going to Doom his time with the Pistons but I think it when if he were to get fired this off season or were to get fired next year I
Think a lot of Pistons fans will trace it all the way back to this and I I think that definitely plays a part when your first draft and you’re supposed to be a scouting you know a great Scout when your first draft you pass up on somebody at the same position and the
Guy you draft isn’t even on ends up getting waved and the guy you passed up on ends up being a possible face of the NBA like that is that’s a pretty crazy turn of events that’s a pretty crazy turn of events even I feel like even if
Killian had turned out to be just like an okay starter he probably would get a little bit of a pass with it the fact that kilan ended up being like literally the worst possible outcome at his his floor ceiling like that that it just makes it even worse in that department
So I think it 100% May Doom Weaver I’m not defending Weaver at all it’s his job to hit these picks and he Missed You could argue 11 other teams missed maybe 10 or nine because you know Ant-Man and and lamelo um but you could say nine other teams missed as well on tyus
Haler all I’m trying all I wanted to point out and all the only thing I wanted to say is I feel like a lot of people are lying a lot of people are having revision this history and trying to take Victory laps when they shouldn’t be taking Victory laps because at the
Time of 2020 at the time of that draft almost every Pistons fan I interacted with wanted killing Hayes a large majority I’d say of the Pistons fan base want to kill in hay and whether that was because they already had seiku so they wanted to do the little French Revolution thing that was
Going on whatever whatever it may be at the time of the draft Not only was Killian a thought of prospect a highly thought of prospect a lot of Pistons fans liked him so it didn’t work out it was unfortunate it was a really bad Miss
By Troy Weaver and it may end up dooming his job at the end of the day it may end up dooming his job all that may be true but people are people are definitely lying and and and and capping about what it was like what was going on
At the time of that draft and who people wanted again like I said if you were one of the people who wanted hurn at the time you should be taking your Victory left to the end of time take your Victory left you that was a big hit for
You you were you were on you were absolutely on point take your Victory laps talk all the trash you want but that that that should only be like maybe 20% of the pist fan base because like almost everyone I communicated with at the time of 2020 and I wasn’t even
One of them that was before I got into the draft stuff I didn’t know anything really about killing Hayes that much like really at all outside of Pistons fans telling me how much they loved him so look piss people Miss bro like people miss the the bad part is is that it was
Such a bad Miss and the guy you missed on was such a big hit and I think what even makes it worse as that it was the Pistons who did it who have had a 10-year history of doing this exact same thing over and over whether it’s Luke
Canard and Donan Mitchell S Johnson Devin Booker you got what what was the kawhai draft uh that was the same kawhai and PG were the same draft right I think that was the draft they took I want to say Monroe was that that one or was that was that kyp or Mon
Monroe I think it was one of those but either way the Pistons have a 10year history of doing this which what makes it even worse so it definitely sucks it it it it sucks 100% And it’s going to hurt every time hurn talks about this because he’s talked about this now
Probably like five times in the last year he’s brought the fact that he thought the Pistons were going to draft him so each time he brings it up it’s going to hurt because if he was on the Pistons a lot of things over the last few years May would be obviously
Different like he is a absolutely Elite Talent and having him on the team would have changed some things would have changed the Outlook of this team but that’s not what happened this is a big Miss by Weaver it’s going to be something he has to live down some of
The Pistons organizations going have to live down and it is what it is man like you gotta just move forward you gota move you can’t sulk in the past you gotta move forward um like I said for those of you guys who want Halle bur take your
Victory laps um but everyone trying to act like that was the the obvious pick at the time that’s just not true that’s just not the case at all it was not the case um but I mean an easy arent could be is that Troy Weaver is the one who gets
Paid to make these decisions so therefore he should have he gets held to the fire whereas Pistons fans don’t they don’t get paid to do so which is you know I I can’t really argue with that but either way let me know how you guys feel about HAL bur’s comments on the
Detroit Pistons passing up on them I I know I really you know especially coming from me I completely trust me I completely get why coming this coming from me is probably like ironic because I was the Killian guy for a minute um for a while so I get why that it
Could be ironic but I mean it is what it is at a certain point you got to face the face the truth you feel me so let me know what you guys feel about haliburn and what he said about the Detroit Pistons did you feel like at the time of
The draft it was obvious pick for tyres Hal bur were you one of the people who wanted haliburn let me know all that in the comments section down below or over on Twitter at cuka Hill is Monty Williams and Troy Weaver on the clock
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Already head to the YouTube channel at laon Pistons hit that subscribe button or leave us a five star review on whatever podcast platform you’re listening to this on that’s another great way to support the podcast I I feel like this might be a question where I when I ask this
Question to you guys you all probably like what the hell kind of question this is obviously but here’s what it is is Monty Williams and Troy Weaver on the clock and when I say are they on the clock I don’t mean like with pistons fans because they’ve obviously been on
The clock since November like with pistons fans like if it was up to Pistons fans Weaver would have been fired in November and Monty may may have been fired before that so I I know that Pistons fans have them on their own hot hot seat my
Question is are they actually on the hot seat or on the clock with gors in my my answer to that if I had to based off everything we’ve seen and based off everything we’ve heard and what they’ve said and you know the reports and what’s been leaked out all
That if I had to take a guess I would have to say that their seat is probably not as hot as you guys want it to be and maybe actually the better wording would be their seat poly isn’t as hot as it should be for a team that has has been
As bad as the Pistons were this year and dug themselves a type of hole that we have never seen in NBA history Dam near broke the losing streak record tied it and had at this point in the beginning of February had only played their core four guys together around a 100 minutes
Like there are so many different ways and so many different Avenues you can go down to talk about how bad the season had been has been for so many different reasons so I think that they should be on the clock 100% And I think they should be on the hot seat and quite
Honestly I think there’s a very very strong argument for them had already lose lost their jobs but they haven’t and they still have their jobs and Weaver just had a very aggressive trade deadline he spoke to the media afterwards and usually for for a GM that’s a Sitting Duck you don’t allow
Him to go then trade eight players and get you know completely replenish the roster so that tells me that Weaver is not on the hot seat I I don’t he would have to do something absolutely insane outside of basketball damn near at that point to get fired I think Troy Weaver that
Is Monty Williams though that’s where I’m gonna piff it to because I do think Troy Weaver is safe at least until next year based off how the trade deadline had went I I don’t think I think the piss could lose the next 20 games and he still would have
His job that just what it seems like at this point with the Pistons um but Monty Williams though I’ll say this Monty Williams could be fired at the end of this year that’s what I think and that’s what I hope not hope that he gets his job loses
His job I’m not going to sit here and ever hope for someone to be unemployed and you know even though he would be still collecting a check that that no one else on you know in this community would even dream of being able to see in their lifetime so maybe I shouldn’t care
Or people shouldn’t care um but either way the point is Monty Williams should be in the hot seat and he should be evaluated as soon as the season ends I mean like the the day that the season ends like what what does the NFL call it
Black Monday I think is what it’s called like as soon as the season ends like all the coaches start getting fired and stuff everyone starts getting cut and stuff um the the Pistons should have that like they they should immediately as soon as the the the horn goes and
It’s 00 Z on the final game of the year immediately they should be analyzing and evaluating Monty Williams job and I’ll say this it’s obvious that he did a terrible job until this point so really what I think they should be evaluating is because before like I’ve said before he
Had a bad hand I think he did the worst jop he possibly could have done with his bad hand but nonetheless he had a bad hand so he had a little bit of built an excuse I don’t think he has that bad of a hand like we’ve talked about on the
Podcast before after the All-Star break he has a decent team not saying they should be a playoff team but they should not be the worst team in the NBA they shouldn’t be one of the worst teams in NBA history like that can’t happen that should not be the case anymore it should
Be much much better so from here on out I’m recording this on February 20th from here on out until the very last game of the season if the Detroit Pistons are not playing I’d say near 500 basketball he should be fired he should be fired if the Pistons are not playing in much
Better basketball than we had seen throughout this year Monty Williams should be fired I’m sorry for him my mic just now he should be fired immediately if throughout the rest of the year the Detroit Pistons do not play their core four together and get more reps and get more minutes on the floor
Together he should be fired at the end of the year if they don’t try to find ways if they don’t start the show that they were trying to find ways of using all of them together offensively in the half court being more creative we talked
About for a whole 13 minutes in the last episode all the different strategies all the different schemes everything that JJ R broke down his podcast about ways of using non-shooters together on the court talking about how Quinn Snyder does it talked about how will hardy does it
Talked about how Willie Green does it if he if this team doesn’t show at least an effort them trying attempt at trying to do that with the core four and specifically obviously the two non-shooters of Asar and Duran Monty should be let go at the end of the year
Like Monty these last two months should be an evaluation process for Monty Williams Because the Pistons are not in year one no more they’re not in year two year three of this rebuild they are in year four they have an extension decision with K Cunningham coming up this offseason they have another one
With Ivy enduring the following year and honestly next year is a make or break year for them could see major changes happen at the deadline next year if this team is not infinitely better and if the the one of the main ways you can get infinitely better or see massive
Improvement with your team is to have the right coach for your team and have a scheme and have a message and have a culture that is being bought into by every player on the team that leads to success so if you have that kind of mandate and you know you need those type
Of results immediately at this point of a rebuild you cannot just walk into the next season saying well you know we don’t know with this guy but we’re going to give him another shot we’re just going to see what happens no you can’t do that you just can’t you just can’t do
It now again if things go well the rest of the year and they feel like at the end of the year yeah Monty showed that he deserves to have his job and he’s figuring out this team he’s using them correctly blah blah blah all that stuff absolutely keep him he’s on a big
Contract and if he proves that he’s doing a good job at that point with a better hand then that’s great for all parties you don’t have to swallow that big of a contract you don’t have to fire him you have to go find a new coach you
Don’t have to integrate a new system in another offseason like that would be the beste scenario obviously that would be great but if that doesn’t happen the Pistons should not hesitate to move on from Monte Williams this offseason it is too important too important of a season
Coming up next year to go into the season with a with questions about your head coach because they’re gonna have questions about the young Corp because this current head coach didn’t get enough reps out of them together this season so you’re going to go into next season with questions about your young
Court nonetheless you can’t also have questions about whether the coach is the right one for that young court again two years in a row you can’t do it you can’t do it so that’s what I feel like I think Weaver’s probably completely safe No Matter What at this point but I think
Monty Williams should be on the hot seat he should be being evaluated literally every game from here on out no joke that’s how bad this season was so that’s where I feel and that’s where I stand with it let me know what you guys think in the comment section down below or
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Another great way to support the podcast I’m I’m just thinking back to what we talked about in the first segment and I I I wonder how many people are just like completely like pissed right now still that we even that that I address that I’m kind of I’m kind of
Worried about the backlash that’s gonna come from this but you know what’s crazy you know what’s really crazy is that this season has the chance to get even worse for for me for me not even just Pistons fans now it could get worse for Pistons
Fans but for me this may turn out to be it has a chance has a chance for sure at being maybe my worst season yet I think I had a good season last year I’m not gonna lie to you I think the year before that I was pretty good on that season
Too I think kade’s rookie season um his offseason I should say the season drafting Kade thought I had a really good offseason that year too I had some I had some things I missed obviously everyone has some misses but I thought overall not not not going to lie I think
I I was pretty good I think I was pretty on point with a lot of stuff this season though I had this we have the possibility of this by being by far by far the worst season I’ve had and I don’t know if I’ll be able to recover
I I don’t know if I can I’ll be able to to look myself in the mirror at the end of this year if this continues to happen so let’s is let me just walk you guys through what what I’m talking about here so obviously like we’re talking about in
The first segment obviously I was the kilan guy right um still held out belief for him that he would work out be a good player at some point and he was waved uh yeah not not traded he was just let go so that’s strike one right that
That that was strike one and some would argue that that was such a that’s such a big Miss in such a hill to die on that it might be worth two strikes in of itself so I understand that so that that’s that that’s already making like this season like rough for me already
That that already has me going in the wrong direction you feel me um I I feel like I was I feel like I was pretty on point with this team not being that good this year now I didn’t expect them to be this bad this bad for most of the season
So but I I was on the pessimistic view so maybe I get a little a little tiny checkpoint for that um I I did at the beginning of the year I had some of you guys point out to me that when the Pistons lost the first
Like four or five games I was like you know they don’t turn this around they could go on like a 15 16 game losing streak and they ended up going on 28 game one so maybe I get a little brownie point with that okay you guys may be
Wondering who why are you trying to give yourself checkpoints before what’s this big leadup you’re getting to well Kevin oi just got the head coaching job with the Brooklyn Nets the Brooklyn Nets just fired Jack vaugh and they have elevated Kevin Ali to being their head
Coach if you guys remember in the off season I was probably actually what yeah yeah you know I’ll go ahead and take the crown for that I think there there’s an argument that there’s a few other people that maybe were a little bit more loud than me but I’ll take the
Crown for it I was probably the loudest person against going after Kevin Kevin oi um someone who hadn’t been hadn’t coached in the NBA in God knows how long hadn’t been a head coach in years upon years and that goes back to Yukon and there was a lot of people who did not
Like how the Yukon stuff went after the in very initial success and his only recent job experience with NB with basketball was the OT being like the head of training development at OT um a league that many of you and many people before the Pistons dra to desar completely
Dismissed as a league and didn’t take serious so so much dismissed it that a lot of people didn’t even want the Pistons to draft the star simply because went to OT same thing with amen so be and with all of that all of that I was very loud saying that there
Is no way that with all the coaching candidates available and and and doing all your thorough research with all the candidates they interviewed that the person they go with is that dude who also happened to have like friendship ties to Troy Weaver kind of smelled a little bit of
Favoritism and and and where we were at in that offseason I was like look the pistes have a big season coming up they should not be making their head coach of the future a guy that the GM’s just friends with and that has no experience in the NBA hasn’t had head coaching
Experience in years like that’s that’s the flag I stood on and if you want to be completely honest I think that’s a pretty damn good reasonable flag to set on right like that that makes sense like that whole argument right there makes sense but now he has a head coaching job
With the Brooklyn NS and if Kevin oi goes out with the Brooklyn Nets and he’s already put out like some of the most inspirational quotes of all time I already has some Pistons fans comparing him to Dan Campbell um his first interview he dropped like four bombs like I can’t
Even lie to you they were straight bars like four four straight bars from Kevin all he won the press conference okay he won that um so if he takes that and then like does a great job with the Brooklyn Nets the rest of the year and actually
Is a good head coach for the Brooklyn Nets the rest of the year where you’ve SE how bad Monty’s been for the Pistons this year you’d say then the guy that Troy Weaver wanted is doing a good job in Brooklyn the guy that I was heavily
Against is doing a good job in Brooklyn and then the guy that they ended up going with is doing this bad of a job in the Detroit Pistons yeah I I I think I probably would be like three strikes and you’re out and you know I don’t know if
I’d be able to look myself in the mirror so like Kevin Ally has the funn has the chance to do the funniest thing possible to the Pistons to Pistons fans to the Piston players to the Pistons organization especially to CU Hill he has the chance to do the funniest thing
Possible and we’ll see if he does it um obviously I’m exaggerating a little bit here obviously I’ll be able to look myself in the mirror still and you know people Miss like if that happens to be the case that’s just GNA be like this year is just gonna be the year of C
Misses like that would be that would be tough it would be tough but we’ll see what happens I’m definitely be tuned in and it sounds like a lot of Pistons fans are gonna be tuned in how Brooklyn does um but this is certainly a turn of events I don’t think anybody I’m not
Going to lie to you I don’t think anyone could have imagined that Monty would would do this bad of a job with the Pistons this year like I don’t think even the most pessimistic person could have imagine that not gonna lie like I I think this is like next level there’s no
Way anyone saw this coming um but you know if if if this all backfires in me I can’t have you know I can’t have the kilan haaste thing and the Kevin Holley thing happened within like the two like it happened within two weeks of each other like I
Can’t have that both happen within two weeks of each other and both of them end up working out like I just have to take the L I i’ almost have to come on here and put clown makeup on like that that like that that’s like that’s that’s how
Rough it would get no joke no joke that’s how rough it would get but it what it is you guys think that Kevin Ally is going to do the funniest thing possible to the Detroit Pistons the rest of the Year let me know what you guys think comment section down below or over
On Twitter at Cook Hill that’s all I’ve got for you guys today thank you guys for Mak locked on Pistons your first list of every single day fre avable podcast platforms if you haven’t already head to the YouTube channel at lockon Pistons hit that subscribe button till
Next time I’ll see you guys later stay safe out there until next time peace out
Tyrese Haliburton was interviewed this past week and spoke about all the teams that passed up on; and the team that hurt him the most and shocked him the most was, of course, the Detroit Pistons. Was Haliburton the obvious pick for the Pistons at the time and will that miss of a pick doom Troy Weaver’s tenure with the Pistons?
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Prior to 2022 it seems like there has been a Tyrese Haliburton situation every year since 2023. Even last year was Cam Whitmoore, but Asuar could be better. Jury still out.
Pistons fans even wanted Kira Lewis over Cole Anthony.
Biggest 'L' for the organization probably ever 🤡🎪
Prior to Cade (which was a no brainer the last great 1st round pick for Detroit was Tayshsun Prince in 2002. Jason Maxiell, Isaiah Stewart and Andre Drummond were fine. But that’s pretty much it.
Too bad a billionaire owner can’t be on the hot seat for overriding a GM to make a splashy coaching hire. 🤷♂️
If Detroit fires Monty and Gores does not let Weaver pick the next head coach after over riding the Olie hire, I will be pissed.
Dude you hyped Killian to us for 3 years plus…. you shouldn't really have any critical takes on this because you were Killian biggest bag holder
Isn’t the reason why Monty Williams, is here is because of Tom Gores? Blame the owner. I think a lot of the Pistons woes falls directly on his shoulders. Tom Gores, is more involved than what he appears to be. If anything, the Pistons need to reevaluate whether Art Tellem, and his son need to be here. It’s too many chefs in the kitchen making decisions when it SHOULD be Troy Weaver, making these basketball decisions. Just a little food for thought..🤔🤔
Ku, you must have forgotten or didn't know that Troy got here about a few weeks before the draft and it's known that the FRONT OFFICE had made this selection. Please do your research before making these assessments. I wanted Ty H. but that's besides the point. The front office should get out of Troy's way.
Troy is on shaky ground, one more miss and he's toast.
Ku, regarding Monty, do the Pistons loss at a record pace if Casey is coaching a Cade healthy team? If no, then Monty needs to be canned!
Listen Ku…it doesn’t matter WHAT happens until we get a REAL talent evaluator in the Pistons organization. It’s obvious to me Troy Weaver ain’t the guy. He picks the wrong players in the draft and trades for 10 centers who never played on our team. And to top it off we pay them for several seasons. Sam Presti was the REAL talent evaluator with the Thunder. Look at THEM! Troy rode off his selections and trades.
I don’t trust TROY if we have the 1st pick or the 5th….he’ll choose wrong in my opinion. Please get someone in here who knows talent. My rant is over.
It's fine if we miss if we got that dude once in awhile. Outside of obvious picks we miss every time. It's hell for fans. Troy was supposed to change it. What's in the water in Detroit.
Yea fans bought into the thought of Hayes but the eye test told everyone Hali was the guy in terms of being ra ready confident player Im taking my lap 🤦🏾♂️lol
Max kellerman and Stephen a smith of ESPN had haliburton at top 4 pick. Kellerman stated if you don’t know anything about the draft haliburton was the best and safest coming out of draft. Stephen smith was crying all over tv because he wanted knicks to draft haliburton and they drafted obi. Why would you listen to ringer he is just some YouTuber lol😂
Theres so many people in this comment section full of it with Haliburton. "He was the obvious choice over Killian" types.
Haliburton was almost 1.5 years Older than Killian. Haliburton had a season ending Fractured Wrist to his Sophmore year of college before the draft while Killian was healthy.
Haliburton had a Very Questionable Shooting form while Hayes had the more prototypical form.
Taking Haliburton wouldve been BEYOND GAMBLING. TH was lucky he was taken by the same organization that did a great job developing D.Fox because it helped him tremendously.
Hayes made more sense at the time but we were honestly a terrible landing spot for anybody getting drafted. Unstable roster getting blown up for the rebuild, tanking for years, and Questionable developing of players. Haliburton wouldve struggled here just like Hayes did.
Great one today Ku! I appreciate your honest takes today and owning up and poking fun at your own past wrong takes.
Segment 1: revisionist history is easy. I was 70:30 Halliburton over Hayes but wasn’t upset with the pick. A few things to remember: Troy Weaver had been with the team 8 days when the pick was made; who know how much say he even had going into it. Halliburton had to be traded from the team that drafted him to have this huge success. And Killian had that hip injury which I think he never regained all his burst/quickness from. It is a bad look now, but this has happened to many teams every draft.
Segment 2: Totally agree. I think if they were firing Troy they would not have let him make the deadline moves. He has been fine in the draft but questionable with some other moves and pick management. Though he can claim that it was all freeing up space to make a big move coming up. There is no way to disprove this until it doesn’t happen (again). But I like some of these last in season moves and we do have space IF we can get someone to sign on.
In a huge stroke of irony, it may just be Monty’s horrific job coaching that saved Troy’s job. Weaver can literally say that they had to have a sit down with Monty and ship guys out to get him to play a reasonable line up. I was high on the Monty signing, getting a former coach of the year, until I started looking at what went down under his watch at previous stops. And the I saw what he was running out on the court and for so long. I’ve been the engineer of the fire Monty train and hope you are right that he is coaching the rest of the season for his job. However, it takes people a long time to admit that they were wrong (Killian, anyone😂) so I’m not sure Gores will be quick to admit his mistake and eat that much money. I think he will get another season, unfortunately.
Last segment) I didn’t know you were so anti Ollie. Although it may smell of nepotism, I believe that Gores should have let his GM name the coach; he’s the GM for a reason. And with them being friends at least they would talk and be on the same page with personnel and usage, something clearly not happening with Troy and Monty. Plus, he is younger and hungrier to prove himself which will make him work harder to find solutions that work and he can relate to the players better. I think he will have success as Brooklyn has been underperforming and it is going to hurt seeing what we could have had for our young team.
He is 1 of many pic we missed on Mitchell or Karnard.. Hayes only was picked because past Pistons Badboy player worked with him
Haliburton could shoot and Hayes couldn't. The Pistons have bad scouting. They have missed on so many franchise players in the last 10 years.
Ku have you had a good draft pick yet???😂😢
It wouldn’t have mattered,the pistons have taken the lions place as worst run franchise in the city,it doesn’t matter who they should’ve drafted they would’ve suffered the same fate as Cade,Ivey etc,this franchise is garbage and poorly run from top to bottom until that is addressed all our young players are going to suffer!!!
Not sure what happened to my last post about this……I'm gonna call it a 3-Headed Mess which includes Ownership, Mgt Team & Coaching. Kevin Ollie may very well determine our current coaching staff's fate. Why is a non-shooting threat hang'n out on the 3pt line?? We have endless questions about our core-4 or core-5 if we add Stew! Is it the ingredients…..or is it the cook?? Or both? I just wanna see competitive Pistons Bball again! I've been following this team since the Bob Lanier Dave Bing days so I've pretty much seen it all.
I don't think Monty's going anywhere this year unless he wants out. I think gore's is too proud to admit he was wrong for undermining his GM. I'm also not so sure that troy is on the hot seat, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him be the sacrificial lamb..
at this point I'm almost unconvinced that he has any real pull or sway in many of the decisions being made, considering that he couldn't even get the coach that fits his vision. Troy may just be a PR hire for the optics of having a black GM and head coach for a city with an 85% black population. I'm not saying that this is what it is, but only what it looks like.
the reality is that there's just too many chiefs, you've got arn tellum and his son, you still have ed stephanski who's never been able to build a winning team anywhere that he's been and then you have the one common denominator for the entirety of this 15 year long masterclass in mediocrity and futility for this dog water franchise, and that is Tom gore's.
Also in that 2020 draft we probably got the wrong Husky as well, we could have picked Jaden McDaniels in Stewart’s spot. How different would the team have looked with Halliburton and McDaniels in place of Hayes and Stewart.